The intergenerational transmission of inequality: Maternal disadvantage and health at birth
Abstract
Health at birth is an important predictor of long-term outcomes, including education, income, and disability. Recent evidence suggests that maternal disadvantage leads to worse health at birth through poor health behaviors; exposure to harmful environmental factors; worse access to medical care, including family planning; and worse underlying maternal health. With increasing inequality, those at the bottom of the distribution now face relatively...
Paper Details
Title
The intergenerational transmission of inequality: Maternal disadvantage and health at birth
Published Date
May 23, 2014
Journal
Volume
344
Issue
6186
Pages
856 - 861
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